The faculty of the University of North Carolina at Asheville as hereinafter defined, having responsibility
for the academic program of the institution, establishes, for the purpose of regulating the conduct of its
business and deliberations, this constitution. This is done in full awareness that all procedures must be
compatible with acts of the legislature, rulings of the Board of Governors and the Board of
Trustees, and rules established for the University as a whole. Nothing in this constitution shall abrogate the Chancellor's
final authority over policies and procedures at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

ARTICLE I

The faculty shall be composed of all persons having academic rank at the University of North Carolina at
Asheville, the Chancellor of the University, and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The ranks are
Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, and Instructor. All full-time ranked
members whose primary responsibility is teaching and all ranked librarians are eligible for
election to the Faculty Senate and may vote in faculty elections. An untenured faculty member may request the
Secretary of the Senate to omit his or her name from the ballot and thus decline Senate election. Tenured
faculty members may not decline election to the Senate or to Senate offices, except as described in
ARTICLE II Section 2. It is assumed the members of the Faculty Senate will regularly attend Senate
meetings and Senate committee meetings. When a Senator cannot attend a regular meeting of a Senate
committee or the Senate, he should inform in advance the appropriate chairman and specify his reasons.
A Senator missing more than three meetings of either the Senate or a Senate committee will have his
Senate membership reviewed by the Faculty Senate.

ARTICLE II

Section 1

The Senate is empowered to act as the legislative body of the faculty, with provision for faculty review
as follows: The Senate shall promptly distribute a written report of its actions and recommendations to all
members of the faculty. The faculty, in general meeting, may discuss, amend, endorse or veto any Senate
action, provided that at least one week in advance of the meeting the faculty is
given written notice of the issue to be raised and the action to be proposed. A quorum of the faculty (50% +1) must be present at
such a meeting where amendment or veto shall be by two-thirds majority of those voting. Because of this
provision the Senate must report actions within two weeks via faculty mail so that any faculty member
may initiate discussion of Senate actions.

The faculty may refer appropriate concerns to the Senate for investigation, clarification, discussion and
debate. The Secretary of the Senate shall issue an agenda to all faculty members prior to each Senate
meeting. Meetings of the Senate shall be open to all members of the faculty; visitors may participate in
Senate debate by majority consent of the members present.

Section 2

The Senate shall be composed of fifteen elected faculty members, the Chancellor of the University, ex
officio, and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, ex officio, non-voting. The members of the
Senate shall hold three year terms of office from April 25th through April 24th of each succeeding year.
Terms of office shall be phased so that five members are elected to new terms each
year, except for the first year of this constitution when all fifteen members shall be newly elected.

After serving a complete three year term on the Senate, a faculty member is ineligible for reelection for
one year following the expiration of his or her term. At the end of that period, and no later than one
month prior to new elections, a faculty member may request of the Executive Committee a leave of
absence from Senate service for an additional year to pursue valid academic concerns.
Leaves of absence may be renewed by the same procedure for a third year, after which time the faculty member
shall again become eligible for election.

Section 3

Each year the faculty shall vote for five senators. One senator each shall be elected from the broad
academic areas - Social
Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Humanities - being the highest vote recipient in
each area. Two senators shall be elected at large,
being the next two highest vote recipients over all. All elected representatives shall represent the faculty as a whole and not solely
the exclusive academic area in which they teach.

In each election, three alternates, being the next highest vote recipients from each of the three divisions
after the above senators are
designated, shall be elected for one year terms. The alternates shall attend Senate meetings with voice, but without vote. Should a
vacancy occur for any reason, the Senate shall elect one of the alternates to assume full duties of that position. Should a vacancy
occur after all alternates are in place, a special election shall be called to fill the vacancy, unless the vacancy occurs
within 45 days
prior to the next regularly scheduled election, in which case the position will remain
vacant.

Section 4

The officers of the Senate shall be elected annually by the Senate membership for a term of one year.
They shall serve on the
Executive Committee of the Senate. The elections shall be held in the spring of each year at the first meeting of the new Senate. The
chairman and officers of the outgoing Senate shall convene the new Senate and hold the election of the new officers. The election of
officers by the Senate shall be by secret ballot; a majority of the senators voting shall be necessary for election.

The officers shall be:

The Chairman who shall normally preside at Senate meetings, be the chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Senate, and serve
as the official spokesman of the Senate.

The First Vice Chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman and chair the Committee on
Academic Policies.

The Second Vice Chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the chairman and the first vice chairman
and chair the Committee on
Institutional Development.

The Secretary, who shall supervise the preparation of the minutes of the Senate, issue the Senate
agenda, distribute written reports
of Senate actions to the faculty, and chair the Committee on Faculty Welfare and Development.

A Senate Officer may be recalled by a secret vote of the Senate. Twelve votes shall be needed for recall.

Section 5

The standing committees of the Senate shall be: The Executive Committee, the Committee on Academic
Policies, the Committee on
Institutional Development, and the Committee on Faculty Welfare and Development.

The Executive Committee shall be composed of the officers of the Senate and shall be chaired by the
Chairman of the Senate. The
Executive Committee shall be concerned with the Senate agenda, shall appoint the members of all standing and ad hoc committees
of the Senate, and shall supervise the faculty elections, preparing and insuring the integrity of ballots.

As the elected leadership of the Faculty Senate, the Executive Committee will consult as appropriate
with members of the faculty,
with Senate committees, with ad hoc committees appointed by the Chancellor, and with officers and officials of the University,
including the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellors. The Executive Committee will consult with the Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs in the execution of his responsibility for the formation and dissolution of institutional committees and in the
annual
appointment of members thereto. The Executive Committee, the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs will consult
with one another in the appointment of members of ad hoc committees.

The Committee on Academic Policies shall be composed of seven voting members: the First Vice
Chairman of the Senate, who shall
chair the Committee, six members appointed by the Executive Committee; and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, who shall
be a non-voting ex officio member. The University Librarian and Registrar are included as non-voting ex officio members. The
Committee shall have responsibility for developing institutional policy and procedure in academic matters, and shall
be available for
discussion and consultation with appropriate student groups, as well as with members of
the faculty, about academic policy.

The Committee on Institutional Development shall be composed of four members: the Second Vice
Chairman of the Senate, who
shall chair the committee, and three members appointed by the Executive Committee. The committee shall have concern for policy,
planning, and initiatives in the area of institutional development where faculty involvement is proper. The committee shall fulfill this role
by membership on the university-wide planning council. The committee shall be responsible for reporting
planning activities to the
Faculty Senate, with the Senate responding through Senate action where appropriate.

The Committee on Faculty Welfare and Development shall be composed of four members: the
Secretary of the Senate, who shall
chair the committee; two members appointed by the Executive Committee, and a voting faculty member who is the UNCA
representative to the sixteen campus Faculty Welfare Committee in consultation with the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The
committee may consist of only three members, in the event that the UNCA representative is also an elected member of
the Faculty
Senate. This committee shall have concern in areas of faculty study, research, and the
attainment of professional goals by faculty
members, leave, insurance, and annuities, and general faculty enhancement. It shall be the responsibility of this committee to
communicate information on these matters as appropriate to all faculty members.

Appointment of senators to standing committees shall be made with continuity in mind.

Ad hoc committees of the Senate, which may be established from time to time, may include in their
membership faculty members
who are not then serving on the Senate and others.

All ad hoc and Senate committees shall report to the Senate for review, clarification, and coordination of
faculty policy.

Section 6

The Senate shall choose a regular time of meeting and shall meet monthly during the academic year. It
may be called into special
session by the Chairman, by concurrence of three members of the Executive Committee, or by petition to the Secretary of nine of its
members. A quorum shall consist of nine elected members.

Section 7

The Chancellor shall be a member of all committees of the Senate and is empowered to call a meeting of
the Senate, or of any of its
committees, and may preside at his discretion.

ARTICLE III

Section 1

Provisions outlined in this constitution may be amended by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast,
provided that at least a simple
majority of the faculty members vote, and provided at least one month's notice has been given to the faculty of the vote. The vote
shall be by secret ballot.

Section 2

In the event that a future senate shall desire to revise this constitution as a whole, the revised version shall
be enacted by the same
procedure outline in Section 1. A revision is interpreted to be a substantive alteration of the basic structure or charge of the Faculty
Senate. The vote shall be by secret ballot.

The University of North Carolina at Asheville is dedicated to the transmission and
advancement of knowledge and understanding. Academic freedom is essential to the
achievement of these purposes. This institution therefore supports and encourages freedom
of inquiry for faculty members and students, to the end that they may responsibly pursue
these goals through teaching, learning, research, discussion, and publication, free from
internal or external restraints that would unreasonably restrict their academic endeavors.

The University of North Carolina at Asheville shall protect faculty and students in
their responsible exercise of the freedom to teach, to learn, and otherwise to seek and
speak the truth.

Faculty and students of this institution shall share in the responsibility for
maintaining an environment in which academic freedom flourishes and in which the rights of
each member of the academic community are respected.

Section II. ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY OF FACULTY

It is the policy of The University of North Carolina at Asheville to support and
encourage full freedom, within the law, of inquiry, discourse, teaching, research, and
publication for all members of the academic staffs of this institution. Members of the
faculty are expected to recognize that accuracy, forthrightness, and dignity befit their
association with this institution and their position as men and women of learning. They
should not represent themselves, without authorization, as spokesmen for The University of
North Carolina at Asheville.

The University of North Carolina at Asheville will not penalize or discipline
members of the faculty because of the exercise of academic freedom in the lawful pursuit
of their respective areas of scholarly and professional interest and responsibility.

Academic tenure refers to the conditions and guarantees
that apply to a faculty member's employment. More specifically, it refers to the
protection of a faculty member against involuntary suspension of discharge from employment
or reduction in rank except upon specified grounds and in accordance with the procedures
provided in Section IV or against termination of employment except as provided for in
Section V.

The purpose of according the protection of academic tenure to faculty members is to
secure their academic freedom and to help the institution attract and retain faculty
members of the high quality it seeks. While academic tenure may be withheld on any grounds
except those specifically stated to be impermissible under Section III.J.1., its conferral
requires an assessment of the faculty member's demonstrated professional competence, his
potential for future contribution, and the institution's needs and resources.

Tenure, Notice, and Reappointment.

Tenure. Whether contractual or permanent in nature, the tenure conferred on a
faculty member is held with reference to employment by The University of North Carolina at
Asheville, rather than by The University of North Carolina.

Conferral of permanent tenure. Permanent tenure may be conferred only by action of
the President and the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina or by such
other agencies of officers as may be delegated such authority by that Board. Because
promotion to the rank of Associate Professor or Professor confers permanent tenure from
the effective date thereof, any such promotion must be approved by the President and Board
of Governors or upon their delegation as stated above. Any reappointment to the rank of
Assistant Professor that confers permanent tenure also must be approved by the President
and Board of Governors or upon their delegation as stated above.

Reappointment decisions. All reappointment decisions provided for herein shall be
made and communicated as provided in Section III.D.

Notice of nonreappointment. Failure to give required notice of a decision not to
reappoint a faculty member has the same effect as a decision at that time to offer a
terminal appointment at the same rank for the following year,1 except explicitly stated
otherwise herein.

Faculty Ranks.
Academic tenure, as herein described, pertains exclusively to the employment of faculty
members by appointment to specified faculty ranks. Such appointments may be for fixed
terms of employment, automatically terminal when they expire ("fixed term
appointment"); or they may be for probationary terms ("probationary term
appointment"); or they may be continuous until retirement, death, or resignation
except as provided in Sections IV and V herein ("appointment with permanent
tenure").

The faculty ranks to which appointments may be made and the incidents of academic
tenure applicable to each are:

Instructor.

The rank of instructor is appropriate for a person who is appointed to the faculty
in the expectation that he or she could progress to a professorial rank but who lacks,
when appointed, one or more qualifications expected by his or her department for
appointment to a professorial rank. Initial appointment to the rank of instructor shall be
for a probationary term of one year. Appointments to this rank may be renewed on a yearly
basis for a total of four probationary years service at this rank. Effective on completion
of any probationary year, an instructor may also be offered promotion to the rank of
assistant professor, which appointment constitutes initial appointment at that rank, or a
"special" appointment pursuant to Section III.C.5. herein. No person holding a
position as an instructor may be appointed to permanent tenure at that rank.

Notice to an instructor of the decision concerning reappointment shall be given
according to this schedule:

during the first year of service as an instructor, no less than 90
days2 before the
end of that year;

during the second year of service as an instructor, no later than 180 days before
the end of that year with reference to a third year of service;

before the end of the third year of service as an instructor, with reference to
non-reappointment at the end of the fourth year of reappointment at that time at the rank
of assistant professor.

Assistant Professor.

Initial appointment to the rank of assistant professor shall be for a probationary
term of three years. At the conclusion of this initial term the faculty member may be
offered reappointment to a second probationary term of three years as an assistant
professor, or reappointment with permanent tenure as an associate professor, or may not be
offered reappointment. At the conclusion of a second probationary term the faculty member
may be offered reappointment with permanent tenure at the same or higher rank, or may not
be offered reappointment, or may be offered the appointment described in the following
paragraph.

In exceptional cases the Chancellor, upon recommendation of the department
chairs3
and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, may reappoint an assistant professor at that
rank after six years of service, without granting permanent tenure. In this circumstance
the letter of reappointment shall specify the term of the reappointment, which shall not
exceed three years, and any conditions that may have been agreed to that must be met
before tenure will be reconsidered. At the conclusion of such an appointment the faculty
member may be offered reappointment with permanent tenure at the same or higher rank, or
may not be offered reappointment.

Notice to an assistant professor of the decision concerning reappointment shall be
given no less than twelve months before the end of the individual's then-current term.

Associate Professor. Initial appointment to the rank of associate professor shall be
for a probationary term of five years. At the conclusion of this term the faculty member
may be offered reappointment with permanent tenure at the same or higher rank, or may not
be offered reappointment. Notice to an associate professor of the decision concerning
reappointment shall be given no less than twelve months before the end of his or her
probationary term.

Professor. Initial appointment to the rank of professor shall be for a probationary
term of three years. At the conclusion of this term the faculty member may be offered
reappointment with permanent tenure as a professor, or may not be reappointed. Notice to a
professor of the decision concerning reappointment shall be given no less than twelve
months before the end of his or her probationary term.

Special faculty appointments.

Fixed-term appointments with the title designations of "lecturer,"
"artist in residence," or "writer in residence," or with any faculty
rank designated in paragraphs 1 through 4 above when accompanied by the qualifying prefix
"adjunct," "clinical," or "research," may be made as
provided herein. Such an appointment is appropriate for a person who has unusual
qualifications for teaching, research, academic administration, or public service but for
whom neither a professorial rank nor the instructor rank is appropriate because of the
limited duration of the mission for which he or she is appointed, because of concern for
continued availability of special funding for the position, or for other valid
institutional reasons. An initial special appointment shall be for fixed terms of one to
five years and may be made either in direct succession or at intervals.

The "notice" provisions of Section III.B.4. do not apply to special
faculty appointments, and a faculty member holding such an appointment is not entitled to
any notice concerning offer of any subsequent appointment at any rank or title or for any
term. However, by written request to the appropriate department chairman, no more than 60
days before expiration of his or her then-current term, a faculty member serving in a
special appointment may request initiation of the process set forth in Section III.D.; in
that case the faculty member shall be entitled to receive a decision as to whether a
subsequent appointment will be offered, and on what terms, no less than 30 days prior to
the end of his or her contract. The absence of a decision by that time constitutes a
decision that no subsequent appointment will be offered.

Visiting faculty appointments. Persons other than regular members of the faculty may
receive fixed-term appointments as visiting members of the faculty with rank designations,
prefixed by the word "visiting," appropriate to their status in their regular
employment. Such an appointment shall be for a term of not more than one year; one
subsequent appointment may be made for a term of not more than one year. The
"notice" provisions of Section III.B.4. do not apply to visiting appointments,
but during the term of appointment a visiting faculty member enjoys the protections
afforded by Section IV.

Initiation, Review, and Approval of Promotion and Reappointment decisions.

Chairman's recommendation.4

Each decision concerning reappointment or promotion in rank (whether or not the
decision concerns a recommendation for conferral of permanent tenure) shall be initiated
by recommendation of the chairman of the department concerned after consulting with the
department's assembled tenured faculty. If for any reason it appears to the chairman that
such consultation may not produce advice adequately representative of the departmental
faculty members' views, the chairman may consult with other members of the department
senior in length of service to the faculty member. With the express approval of the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs, faculty members outside the department and familiar with
the person's work also may be consulted. If the chairman intends to recommend
reappointment, he shall notify the faculty member and shall submit to the Vice Chancellor
a written recommendation which shall include an assessment of the faculty member's
demonstrated professional competence and his or her potential for future contributions.

When the chairman intends to recommend nonreappointment, he shall communicate that
intention to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the faculty member privately by
a simple, unelaborated written statement. Within five days after receipt of that notice
the faculty member may request a conference with the chairman and the opportunity to
provide the chairman, for inclusion in the faculty member's record, additional written
evidence or views bearing on the faculty member's demonstrated professional competence and
potential for future contributions. Any such request shall be granted and any conference
or submission shall be accomplished within five days of the date the request is made. If
the faculty member does not make timely request for the opportunities set forth above, or
after any such opportunity is afforded the faculty member, the chairman within five days
thereafter shall submit to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs the written
recommendation described in Section III.D.1.

Vice Chancellor's favorable recommendation.
After receiving the department
chairman's recommendation the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs shall consult the
Committee of the Tenured Faculty which consultation shall include review both of the
chairman's recommendation and of institutional needs and resources. A committee member who
holds an appointment in the faculty member's department or has a conflict of interest
shall withdraw from the deliberations and voting on that case after consultation with the
committee Chair and the Chair of the Faculty Senate. Except where the Vice Chancellor
intends to decide that a faculty member shall not be reappointed, the Vice Chancellor then
shall notify the faculty member and send his written recommendation, together with the
chairman's recommendations and written statements of the views of the Committee of the
Tenured Faculty, to the Chancellor.

Vice Chancellor's decision not to reappoint.

When the Vice Chancellor intends to decide that the faculty member shall not be
reappointed, he shall communicate that intention to the faculty member privately by a
simple, unelaborated written statement. Within five days after receipt of that notice the
faculty member may request a conference with the Vice Chancellor, either alone or together
with the Committee of the Tenured Faculty; any such request shall be granted and the
conference shall be within five days of the date the request is made.

If the faculty member does not make timely request for such a conference, or after
any such conference is held, the Vice Chancellor within five days shall either recommend
to the Chancellor that the faculty member be reappointed as provided in paragraph 2, or
notify the faculty member of his decision that the faculty member shall not be
reappointed. Notice of a decision not to reappoint shall be made by a simple, unelaborated
written statement, a copy of which is sent to the Chancellor; no other materials shall be
transmitted to the Chancellor.

The faculty member may seek review of the Vice Chancellor's decision before the
Faculty Hearings Committee in accordance with Section III.J. herein if the faculty member
alleges that the decision is based on a ground prohibited by Section III.J.1 or affected
by the material procedural irregularities as defined by III.J.2.

Chancellor's decision. The Chancellor shall make a decision on each favorable
recommendation submitted by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and on each appeal as
provided in Sections III.J. within 20 days of receipt of the recommendation or appeal.
When the Chancellor makes a favorable decision, he shall forward it to the Board of
Trustees for final approval (unless that Board has delegated approval authority to the
Chancellor), provided that pursuant to Section III.B.2., in any case involving a
recommendation for conferral of permanent tenure, if the Board of Trustees concurs with
the Chancellor's recommendation he then shall forward that recommendation to the President
and Board of Governors for approval. If the Chancellor's decision is unfavorable, he shall
so notify the faculty member by a simple, unelaborated written statement, and within 10
days thereafter the faculty member may appeal to the Board of Trustees pursuant to Section
501C(4) of the Code.

Resignations.
A faculty member shall give prompt written notice of his resignation, including the
effective date, to his or her department chairman and to the Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs.

Leave of Absence During Probationary Terms.
Leaves of absence ordinarily are not granted to faculty members during probationary
terms. If unusual circumstances do warrant such a leave, any period of the leave occurring
during an academic year will not be counted as part of the faculty member's probationary
service, the term of his or her probationary contract will be extended accordingly, and
the various schedules for reappointment decisions and notice thereof provided for in
Section III.C. shall apply to the changed period of probationary service.

Terms and Conditions of Appointment.
The terms and conditions of each initial appointment and of each reappointment shall be
set out in writing; the faculty member and the Chancellor each shall receive a copy
thereof signed by both parties. Each document of appointment shall state that the
appointment is subject to these Tenure Policies and Regulations of The University of North
Carolina at Asheville and to The Code of the Board of Governors of the University of North
Carolina. Any other terms and conditions of appointment shall either be set out in the
document of appointment or incorporated therein by clear reference to specified documents
that shall be readily available to the faculty member.

Continued Availability of Special Funding.
Appointment, reappointment, or promotion of a faculty member to a position funded in
whole or in substantial part from sources other than continuing state budget funds or
permanent trust funds shall specify in writing that the continuance of the faculty
member's services, whether for a specified term or for permanent tenure, shall be
contingent upon the continuing availability of such funds. This contingency shall not be
included in a faculty member's contract in either of the following situations:

In a promotion to a higher rank, if before the effective date of that promotion, the
faculty member had permanent tenure and no such condition is attached to the tenure.

If the faculty member held permanent tenure in the institution on 1 July 1975 and
his contract was not then contingent upon the availability of sources other than
continuing state budget or permanent trust funds.

Provisions for Less Than Full-Time Employment.
Special terms for less than full-time employment or for relief from all employment
obligations for a specified period, with commensurate changes in compensation, may be
included in an appointment or reappointment to any faculty rank, or may be added by a
written memorandum of amendment during the term of an appointment. For compassionate
reasons of health or requirements of child care, or for other compelling reasons, such
terms may, with the concurrence of the faculty member, include extensions of the period of
a current probationary term of appointment to coincide with the extent and duration of the
relief from full-time employment obligation; such terms shall include such extensions for
requirements of maternity leave as are provided for by federal and state legislation. Such
special terms must be expressly stated in initial appointment documents or, if added by a
memorandum of amendment, must be approved by signature of the Chancellor and the faculty
member. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided in the documents of appointment, all
appointments to any faculty rank are on the basis of full-time employment obligation.
These provisions do not apply to informal temporary adjustments of the regularly assigned
duties of faculty members by the department chairman who is responsible for their direct
supervision.

Nonreappointment of Faculty Members on Probationary Term Appointments.

Permissible and Impermissible grounds for nonreappointment.
The decision whether to
reappoint a faculty member when a probationary term of appointment expires must consider
the faculty member's demonstrated professional competence, his potential for future
contributions, institutional needs and resources, and all factors considered relevant to
the total institutional interests. A decision not to reappoint may not be based upon: (a)
the faculty member's exercise of rights guaranteed by either the First Amendment to the
United States Constitution or Article I of the North Carolina Constitution; (b)
discrimination based upon the faculty member's race, sex, religion, or national origin; or
(c) personal malice.

Request for review by the Faculty Committee on Hearings; scope of
view.

Within five days after receiving notice from the Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs of a decision of nonreappointment, the faculty member may request that the Faculty
Committee on Hearings review that decision. This review is limited solely to determining
whether the decision not to reappoint was based upon any of the grounds stated to be
impermissible in Section III.J.1, or (2) affected by material procedural irregularities.
Whether material procedural irregularities occurred shall be determined by reference to
those procedures which were in effect when the initial decision not to reappoint was made
and communicated. For purposes of Section J.2, "material procedural
irregularities" means departures from prescribed procedures governing reappointment
that cast reasonable doubt upon the validity of the original decision not to reappoint.

The request for review shall be written and addressed to the chairman of the
Hearings Committee. It shall specify the grounds upon which the faculty member contends
that the recommendation was impermissibly based or affected by material procedural
irregularities and be accompanied by a short, plain statement of facts that the faculty
member believes support the contention. Such a request constitutes, on the faculty
member's part, representation that he can prove his contention and agreement that the
institution may offer in rebuttal of his contention any relevant data within its
possession.

Initial disposition by Hearings Committee.

The Hearings Committee shall grant a hearing if it decides that the request contends
that the decision was impermissibly based or effected by material procedural
irregularities, and that the facts suggested, if established, will support that
contention. The Hearings Committee shall inform the faculty member of whether it has
granted a hearing within 10 days of receiving the faculty member's request.

If a hearing is granted, it shall be held no less than 10 days nor more than 20 days
after the faculty member is so notified by the Hearings Committee.

If a hearing is not granted, there shall be no further proceedings before the
Hearings Committee. The faculty member then may make written appeal to the Chancellor
within five days after receiving notice from the Hearings Committee, and the Chancellor
shall decide the appeal on its merits as provided in paragraph 7.

Conduct of Hearing. The hearing shall be conducted informally and in private. Only
the members of the Hearings Committee, the faculty member, the Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs,5 and such witnesses as may be called may attend, except that the faculty
member and the Vice Chancellor each may be accompanied by a person of their own choosing.
A quorum for the hearing is a simple majority of the total committee membership. Committee
members who hold an appointment in the faculty member's department who will testify as
witnesses are disqualified. A committee member who has a conflict of interest shall
withdraw from the hearing of that case after consultation with the committee Chair and the
Chair of the Faculty Senate.

If the faculty member requests it and the chairman of the Hearings Committee approves,
a transcript of the proceedings shall be made and provided to the faculty member. The
Committee may consider only the evidence offered that it considers fair and reliable. All
witnesses may be questioned by the Committee members, the faculty member, the Vice
Chancellor and the representatives of the faculty member and Vice Chancellor. Except as
herein provided, the conduct of the hearing is under the Committee chairman's control.

Order of proof.

The hearing shall begin with the faculty member's presentation of his or her
contentions, which shall be limited to those grounds specified in the request for a
hearing and supported by such proof as he or she desires to offer. When the faculty member
has concluded this presentation, the Hearings Committee shall recess to consider whether
the faculty member's contentions have been established pursuant to Section III.J.1. which
justify proceeding with testimony from the Vice Chancellor. If it determines that such
contentions have not been established, it shall so notify the parties to the hearing and
terminate the proceedings; such action confirms the decision not to reappoint. The faculty
member then may make written appeal to the Chancellor within five days, and the Chancellor
shall decide the appeal on its merits as provided in paragraph 7.

If the Committee determines that explanation is desirable, it shall so notify the
parties and proceed with the hearing. The Vice Chancellor may then present in rebuttal of
the faculty member's contentions, or in general support of the decision not to reappoint,
such testimonial or documentary proofs as he desires to offer, including his own
testimony. The Vice Chancellor is subject to questions by Committee members, the faculty
member, or representatives of the Vice Chancellor and the faculty member. At the end of
the Vice Chancellor's presentation the Hearings Committee shall consider the matter in
executive session.

The burden is on the faculty member to satisfy the Committee that his or her
contentions are true.

Procedure after hearing.

The Hearings Committee shall make its decision within 10 days of the close of the
hearing.

If the Hearings Committee determines that the faculty member's contention has not
been established, it shall so notify him, the Vice Chancellor, and the department chairman
by a simple, unelaborated written statement. Such action confirms the decision not to
reappoint.

If the Hearings Committee determines that the faculty member's contentions have been
established, it shall so notify him, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the
department chairman through a written report containing its findings and recommendations.
The Vice Chancellor shall consult with the Committee of the Tenured Faculty and with the department chairman and within 10 days of
receiving the Hearings Committee's decision shall provide written notification to the
faculty member, the department chairman, and the Chairman of the Hearings Committee of
what different decision, if any, he makes or recommends to the Chancellor.

Within 10 days after receiving the Hearings Committee's determination pursuant to
subparagraph (b) or the Vice Chancellor's decision notification pursuant to subparagraph
(c), the faculty member may make written appeal to the Chancellor.

Appeal to the Chancellor. As provided above, the faculty member may make written
appeal to the Chancellor pursuant to paragraph 3.c., 5.a., or 6.d. The appeal shall be in
writing and shall state specifically the reasons for which the faculty member believes
that the decision not to reappoint was impermissibly based. In considering the appeal the
Chancellor shall consider the entire record compiled pursuant to Sections III.D. and
III.J. The Chancellor shall make his decision within 20 days of receiving the appeal and
shall communicate his decision within 20 days of receiving the appeal and shall
communicate his decision in writing to the faculty member, the Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs, the department chairman, and the chairman of the committee on Hearings.
The Chancellor's decision shall be the final institutional decision, subject to Section
501C (4) of the Code.

Section IV. DUE PROCESS BEFORE DISCHARGE OR THE IMPOSITION OF SERIOUS
SANCTIONS.
(amended by SD1089S)

A faculty member who is the beneficiary of institutional guarantees of tenure shall
enjoy protection against unjust and arbitrary application of disciplinary penalties.
During the period of such guarantees the faculty member may be discharged or suspended
from employment or diminished in rank only for reasons of incompetence, neglect of duty,
or misconduct of such a nature as to indicate that the individual is unfit to continue as
a member of the faculty.6 These penalties may be imposed only in accordance with the
procedures prescribed in this section. For purposes of these regulations, a faculty member
serving a stated term shall be regarded as having tenure until the end of that term. These
procedures shall not apply to nonreappointment (Section III.J) or termination of
employment (Section V).

The Chancellor or his delegate shall send the faculty member by registered mail,
return receipt requested, a written statement of intention to discharge him. The statement
shall include notice of the faculty member's right, upon request, to both written
specification of the reasons for the intended discharge and a hearing by the Faculty
Committee on Hearings.

If, within ten daysc after he receives the notice referred to in Section IV.B.
above, the faculty member makes no written request for either a specification of reasons
or a hearing, he may be discharged without recourse to any institutional grievance or
appellate procedure.

If, within ten days after he receives the notice referred to in Section IV.B. above,
the faculty member makes written request, by registered mail, return receipt requested,
for a specification of reasons, the Chancellor or his delegate shall supply such
specification in writing by registered mail, return receipt requested, within ten days
after receiving the request. If the faculty member makes no written request for a hearing
within ten days after he receives the specification, the faculty member may be discharged
without recourse to any institutional grievance or appellate procedure.

If the faculty member makes a timely written request for a hearing, the Chancellor
or his delegate shall insure that the hearing is accorded before the elected Faculty
Committee on Hearings. The hearing shall be on the written specification of reasons for
the intended discharge. The Hearings Committee shall accord the faculty member twenty days
from the time it receives his written request for a hearing to prepare his defense. The
Hearings Committee may, upon the faculty member's written request and for good cause,
extend this time by written notice to the faculty member.

The hearing shall be closed to the public unless the faculty member and the Hearings
Committee agree that it may be open. A quorum for the hearing is a simple majority of the
committee membership. Committee members are subject to the same eligibility restrictions
as in Section J.4. The faculty member shall have the right to counsel, to present the
testimony of witnesses and other evidence, to confront and cross-examine adverse
witnesses, and to examine all documents and other adverse demonstrative evidence. A written transcript of all proceedings shall be
kept; upon request, a copy thereof shall be furnished to the faculty member at the
institution's expense.

The Chancellor, or his delegate or counsel, may participate in the hearing to
present evidence, cross-examine witnesses, and make argument.

In reaching decisions on which its written recommendations to the Chancellor shall
be based, the committee shall consider only the evidence presented at the hearing and such
written and oral arguments as the committee, in its discretion, may allow. The committee
shall make its written recommendations to the Chancellor within ten days after its hearing
concludes.

If the Chancellor concurs in a recommendation of the committee that is favorable to
the faculty member, his decision shall be final. If the Chancellor either declines to
accept a committee recommendation that is favorable to the faculty member or concurs in a
committee recommendation that is unfavorable to the faculty member, the faculty member may
appeal the Chancellor's decision to the Board of Trustees. This appeal shall be
transmitted through the Chancellor and be addressed to the Chairman of the Board. Notice
of appeal shall be filed within ten days after the faculty member receives the
Chancellor's decision. The appeal to the Board of Trustees shall be decided by the full
Board of Trustees. However, the Board may delegate the duty of conducting a hearing to a
standing or ad hoc committee of at least three members. The Board of Trustees, or its
committee, shall consider the appeal on the written transcript of hearings held by the
Faculty Committee on Hearings, but it may, in its discretion, hear such other evidence as
it deems necessary. The Board of Trustees' decision shall be made within 120 days* after
the Chancellor has received the faculty member's request for an appeal to the Trustees.
This decision shall be final except that the faculty member may, within ten days after
receiving the Trustees' decision, file a written petition for review with the Board of
Governors if he alleges that one or more specified provisions of The Code of The
University of North Carolina have been violated. All such petitions to the Board of
Governors shall be transmitted through the President, and the Board shall, within 90 days*
after it receives the petition, grant or deny the petition or take such other action as it
deems advisable. If it grants the petition for review, the Board's decision shall be made
within forty-five days after it has notified the faculty member that it will review the
petition.

*Board of Governors, September 14, 1984.

When a faculty member has been notified of the institution's intention to discharge
him, the Chancellor may suspend him at any time and continue the suspension until a final
decision concerning discharge has been reached by the procedures prescribed herein.
Suspension shall be exceptional and shall be with full pay.

Reasons for terminating employment. The employment of a faculty member with
permanent tenure or of a faculty member appointed to a fixed term may be terminated by The
University of North Carolina at Asheville because of (a) demonstrable, bona fide
institutional financial exigency; or (b) major curtailment or elimination of a teaching,
research, or public service program. Financial exigency is defined as a significant
decline in the financial resources of the institution that is brought about by decline in
institutional enrollment or by other action or events that compel a reduction in the
institution's current operations budget. The determination of whether a condition of
financial exigency exists or whether there shall be a major curtailment or elimination of
a teaching, research, or public service program shall be made by the Chancellor, after
consulting with the academic administrative officers and faculties as required by Section
V.A.2. This determination is subject to concurrence by the President and then approval by
the Board of Governors. If the financial exigency or curtailment or elimination of a
program is such that the institution's contractual obligation to a faculty member cannot
be met, the faculty member's employment may be terminated in accordance with the
institutional procedures set out in subsection B. below.

Consultation with faculty and administrative officers.
When it appears that the
institution will experience an institutional financial exigency or when it is considering
a major curtailment in or elimination of a teaching, research, or public service program,
the Chancellor or his delegate shall first seek the advice and recommendations of the
academic administrative officers and the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. If the
Chancellor, the academic administrative officers, and the Executive Committee of the
Faculty Senate agree that it may be necessary to eliminate faculty positions currently
filled, the matter shall then be referred to a meeting of all department chairmen, and
this body shall make its recommendation to the Chancellor before any further action is
taken. A copy of the department chairmen's recommendation, signed by the presiding officer
of their meeting, shall be appended to any proposal the Chancellor may make on this
subject to the Board of Trustees, The President, or the Board of Governors.

Termination procedure.

Considerations in determining whose employment is to be terminated.
In determining
which faculty member's employment is to be terminated for the reasons set forth in Section
V.A.1., consideration shall be given to tenure status, to years of service to the
institution, and to other factors deemed relevant, but the primary consideration shall be
the maintenance of a sound and balanced educational program that is consistent with the
functions and responsibilities of the institution.

Timely notice of termination.

When a faculty member's employment is to be terminated because of major curtailment
or elimination of a teaching, research, or public service program and such curtailment or
elimination of program is not founded upon financial exigency, the faculty member shall be
given timely notice as follows: (1) one who has permanent tenure shall be given not less
than twelve months' notice; and (2) one who was appointed to a fixed term and does not
have permanent tenure shall be given notice in accordance with the requirements of Section
604A of The Code.

When a faculty member's employment is to be terminated because of financial
exigency, the institution shall make every reasonable effort, consistent with the need to
maintain sound educational programs and within the limits of available resources, to give
the same notice as set forth in Section V.B.2. (a).

Type of notice to be given. The Chancellor or his delegate shall send the faculty
member whose employment is to be terminated a written statement of this fact by registered
mail, return receipt requested. This notice shall include a statement of the conditions
requiring termination of the faculty member's employment; a general description of the
procedures followed in making the decision; a disclosure of pertinent financial or other
data upon which the decision was based; a statement of the faculty member's right, upon
request, to a reconsideration of the decision by a faculty committee if he alleges that
the decision to terminate him rather than another faculty member was arbitrary or
capricious; and a copy of this procedure on termination of employment.

Termination if reconsideration not requested. If, within ten days after he receives
the notice required by Section V.B.3., the faculty member makes no written request for a
reconsideration hearing, his employment shall be terminated at the date specified in the
notice given pursuant to subsection B.3., without recourse to any institutional grievance
or appellate procedure.

Request for reconsideration hearing. Within ten days after he receives the notice
required by Section V.B.3., the faculty member may request by registered mail, return
receipt requested, a reconsideration of the decision to terminate his employment if he
alleges that the decision was arbitrary or capricious. The request shall be submitted to
the Chancellor and shall specify the grounds upon which the faculty member contends that
the decision to terminate his employment was arbitrary or capricious and shall include a
short, plain statement of facts that he believes support the contention.

Submission of such a request shall constitute on the part of the faculty member: (a) a
representation that he can prove his contention, and (b) an agreement that the institution
may offer in rebuttal of his contention whatever relevant data it may have.

Jurisdiction of reconsideration committee.
If the faculty member makes a timely
written request for a reconsideration of the decision, the Chancellor or his delegate
shall insure that the hearing is accorded before the elected Faculty Committee on
Hearings. This reconsideration shall be limited solely to a determination of the
contentions made in the faculty member's request for reconsideration. The reconsideration
hearing shall be held promptly, but the committee shall give the faculty member five days
from the time it receives his written request for a hearing to prepare for it.

Conduct of hearing. The hearing shall be conducted informally and shall be closed to
the public. The faculty member and the Chancellor have the right to legal counsel, to
present the testimony of witnesses and other evidence, to confront and cross-examine
adverse witnesses, and to examine all documents and other adverse demonstrative evidence.
The faculty member and the committee shall be given access, upon request, to documents of
The University of North Carolina at Asheville that were used in making the decision to
terminate the faculty member after the decision was made that some faculty member's
employment must be terminated. At the faculty member's request a transcript of the
proceedings shall be given him at the institution's expense. The committee may consider
only such evidence as is presented at the hearing and need consider only the evidence
offered that it considers fair and reliable. All witnesses may be questioned by the
committee members. Except as herein provided, the conduct of the hearing is under the
committee chairman's control.

A quorum for purposes of the hearing is a simple majority of the committee's total
membership. No one shall serve on this hearing committee who holds appointment in the
faculty member's department who participated in the final recommendation to the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs or who will testify as a witness. A committee member who
has a conflict of interest shall withdraw from the hearing of that case after consultation
with the committee Chair and the Chair of the Faculty Senate.

Hearing procedure. The hearing shall begin with the faculty member's presentation of
contentions, limited to those grounds specified in the request for hearing and supported
by such proof as he desires to offer. The Chancellor or his representative may then
present in rebuttal of the faculty member's contentions, or in general support of the
decision to terminate his employment, such testimonial or documentary proofs as he desires
to offer, including his own testimony.

At the end of this presentation, the reconsideration committee shall consider the
matter in executive session and shall make its written recommendations to the Chancellor within ten days after its
hearing concludes. The burden is on the faculty member to satisfy the committee that his
contention is true to a substantial certainty.

Procedure after hearing. If the reconsideration committee determines that the
faculty member's contention has not been established, it shall, by a simple unelaborated
statement, so notify him and the Chancellor. The faculty member may then appeal the
decision to terminate his employment in the manner provided by Section 501 C(4) of
The
Code of The University of North Carolina.

If the reconsideration committee determines that the faculty member's contention has
been satisfactorily established, it shall so notify him and the Chancellor by a written
statement that includes a recommendation for corrective action by the Chancellor.

Within ten days after he receives the recommendation, the Chancellor shall send written
notice to the faculty member and the chairman of the reconsideration committee what
modification, if any, he will make with respect to the original decision to terminate the
faculty member's employment. If the Chancellor fails to reverse the original decision, the
faculty member may appeal termination in the manner provided by Section 501 C(4) of
The
Code of The University of North Carolina. If the Chancellor concurs in a recommendation of
the committee that is favorable to the faculty member, his decision is final.

Assistance for Faculty Members and Rights to New Positions.

Institutional assistance to employees who are terminated. The institution, when
requested in writing by an employee whose employment has been terminated, shall give him
reasonable assistance in finding other employment.

First right of refusal of new positions. For two years after the effective date of
termination of a faculty member's contract for any of the reasons specified in subsection
A., the institution shall not replace the faculty member without first offering the
position to the person whose employment was terminated. The offer shall be made by
registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address last reported by the faculty
member, and he shall have thirty calendar days after he receives the notice to accept or
reject the offer.

Each member of the faculty shall be retired automatically, without notice, on July 1
coincident with or next following his or her seventieth birthday, except as provided in
subsection (2), below.

A faculty member may be continued in employment beyond the retirement date specified
in subsection (1) upon recommendation of the Chancellor and approval of the Board of
Trustees; provided, that such a continuation in employment may be accomplished only
through a term appointment or a series of term appointments, with each such term
appointment not to exceed one year in duration.

Each proposed appointment to continue employment beyond the retirement date
specified in Section VI.A. shall be initiated by recommendation of the chairman or dean of
the department or school concerned after consultation with the faculty member. The
recommendation shall present evidence that the faculty member can continue to perform at a
high level, and it shall set forth in detail the exceptional circumstances that justify
the recommendation.

The chairman's recommendation for continuation shall be reviewed through the
administrative channels prescribed for reviewing recommendations for other fixed-term
faculty appointments.

Not later than twelve months before the retirement date specified in subsection A.
and not later than six months following the start of any subsequent term of employment,
the faculty member shall be given written notice either by the Vice Chancellor that his
continuation is not to be effected or by the Chancellor that his continuation has been
approved. Failure to give notice as herein required is not a basis for continuing
employment.

If the faculty member's department chairman determines that the continuation of
employment should not be effected, he shall so notify the faculty member in writing. A
copy of the notice given to the faculty member shall be sent to the Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs.

The faculty member may request a review of the chairman's determination by the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs. This request must be written and may set forth any
exceptional circumstances relating to adverse effects upon the institution that the
faculty member expects will result if he is not continued. The Vice Chancellor's
concurrence with the chairman's decision affirms the decision. If the Vice Chancellor
thinks the matter should be reviewed, he shall so notify the faculty member's chairman,
who shall thereupon put the matter forward into the regular administrative review
channels. Concurrence with the chairman's determination at any level of administrative
review is a final determination, and review thereupon terminates at that level. If there
is disagreement with the chairman's decision at any level of review below the Chancellor,
the question of reappointment shall immediately be referred to the Chancellor for final
decision.

Non-Faculty Employees (E.P.A.). Employees in "covered positions" shall be
retired automatically, without notice, on July 1 coincident with or next following their
seventieth birthday, unless continued in service beyond that date upon recommendation of
the Chancellor and approval of the Board of Trustees, only through term appointments each
of which is not to exceed one year in duration.

Senior Administrative Officers of the University.
Senior administrative officers of
the University shall be retired from those appointments on July 1 coincident with or next
following their seventieth birthday.

Section VIII. COMMITTEES OF THE FACULTY

Committee of the Tenured Faculty.
Not later than April 15 of each year, the faculty shall elect members to a committee of
the Tenured Faculty. The committee's mission is to consult with the Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs, on call, in cases requiring decision on reappointment, promotion, and
the conferral of permanent tenure. The committee shall elect its own chairman. This
committee shall be composed of two tenured full or associate professors from each of the
areas of Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences; no more than one member may come from
any subject-matter department. Members of the Faculty Committee on Hearings may not serve
on the Committee of the Tenured Faculty or the Grievance Committee. Election to the
committee shall be for a term of two years, except that in the first election one faculty
member from each of the three academic areas shall be designated to serve only one year.
Members may not succeed themselves. New members formally replace outgoing members on the
date of the first faculty meeting of the school year.

Faculty Committee on Hearings.
Not later than April 15 of each year, the faculty shall elect members to a Faculty
Committee on Hearings to conduct hearings as prescribed in this document and in Chapter
Six of The Code of the University of North Carolina. This committee shall be composed of
two tenured faculty members from each of the areas of Humanities, Sciences, and Social
Sciences; only one member may come from any subject-matter department. Members of the
Committee of the Tenured Faculty or the Grievance Committee may not serve on this
committee. Election to the committee shall be for a term of two years, except that in the
first election one faculty member from each of the three academic areas shall be
designated to serve only one year. Members may not succeed themselves. New members
formally replace outgoing members as of the date of the first faculty meeting of the
school year.

Not later than April 15 of each year, the faculty shall elect members to a Faculty
Grievance Committee. This committee shall contain at least one faculty member at each
professor rank. Only one member may come from any subject-matter department. No officer of
administration shall serve on the committee. For purposes of this section, officers of
administration shall be deemed to include department chairman and program directors.
Members of the Committee of the Tenured Faculty and members of the Faculty Committee on
Hearings may not serve on this committee.

The committee shall be authorized to hear, mediate, and advise with respect to the
adjustment of grievances of members of the faculty. The committee's power shall be solely
to hear representations by the persons directly involved in a grievance, to mediate
voluntary adjustment by the parties, and to advise adjustment by the administration when
appropriate. Advice for adjustment in favor of an aggrieved faculty member may be sent to
the Chancellor only after the department chairman or other administrative official most
directly empowered to adjust the matter has been given similar advice and has not acted
upon it within a reasonable time.

"Grievances" within the province of the committee's power shall include
matters directly related to a faculty member's employment status and institutional
relationships within this institution. However, no grievance that grows out of or involves
matters related to a formal proceeding for the suspension, discharge, or termination of a
faculty member, or that is within the jurisdiction of another standing faculty committee,
may be considered by the committee.

If any faculty member feels that he has a grievance, he may petition the Faculty
Grievance Committee for redress. The petition shall be written and shall set forth in
detail the nature of the grievance and against whom the grievance is directed. The
petition shall contain any information that the petitioner considers pertinent to his
case. If the grievance arises out of a single action, the petition should be filed within
thirty days from the time that the grievant should have reasonably known that the action
occurred. The committee shall decide whether the facts merit a detailed investigation so
that submission of a petition shall not result automatically in an investigation or
detailed consideration of the petition.

Committee on Institutional Development.
The Faculty Senate Committee on Institutional Development shall be composed of five
members: the Second Vice Chairman of the Senate, who shall chair the Committee, and four
members appointed by the Senate Executive Committee. (See University of North Carolina at
Asheville Senate Constitution, Section 5, for the composition of this committee.) The
committee shall have concern for policy, planning, and initiatives in those areas of
institutional development where faculty involvement is proper.

Section VIII. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 5, 1980

These policies and regulations supersede all other institutional documents governing
the matters covered herein.

All provisions of these policies and regulations shall become operative (with
respect to all existing and all future faculty appointments) on the effective date, which
shall be the date 28 calendar days after the day on which these policies and regulations
have been approved by the President and the Board of Governors of The University of North
Carolina.

The provisions of Section VI shall apply both to all persons who, upon the effective
date, have attained normal retirement age and are in continued terms of employment and to
those persons who attain normal retirement age after the effective date.

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NOTES

1Wherever used in Sections III, IV, and V the word "year" means an academic
year and the word "term" applies to service during the academic year(s) within
that term, unless another meaning is set forth explicitly in the contract with the faculty
member.

2Wherever used in Section III, the word "day excludes Saturday, Sunday, and any
institutional holiday; in computing any period of time, the day on which notice is
received is not counted but the last day of the period being computed is counted.

3"Department" is used as a generic term for departments, professional
schools, and any other academic unit to which faculty appointments are made;
"chairman" as a generic term for department chairman, deans of professional
schools, and any other heads of academic units to which faculty appointments are made.

4When a faculty member under consideration is a chairman or is in a department that has
no chairman, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs shall make the assessment called for
in paragraph 1 and accomplish the consultation and recommendation called for in paragraph
2. If the Vice Chancellor intends to recommend reappointment, he shall provide the notice
and opportunities called for in paragraph 3.a., together with the Committee of the Tenured
Faculty if the faculty member requests, and then shall proceed as in paragraph 3.b.

5And the department chairman, if the faculty member alleges that his or her
recommendation was impermissibly based or affected by material procedural irregularities.
In such cases references herein to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs include
reference to the department chairman.

6Retirement for reason of disability shall be in accordance with North Carolina
statutes and regulations governing retirement for faculty who are members of the state
retirement system. A faculty member who is not a member of the state retirement system and
who is mentally or physically disabled, but refuses to retire, may be discharged because
of that disability only in accordance with the procedures of this section.

c]In Sections IV and V the term "days" shall in each instance mean
consecutive calendar days. (Board of Governors Time Limits on Appeals, September 17, 1984,
Administrative Memorandum, no. 206).

The UNCA Catalog contains information on academic programs and degree requirements as
well as much other useful information. Copies are distributed annually to each member of
the faculty through the departmental secretary. Faculty are responsible for keeping
themselves well informed on the content of the UNCA Catalog to ensure they follow UNCA
policies in advising students, teaching classes, and making curriculum changes.

Each year departments must submit catalog changes to the APC for review and approval by
the Faculty Senate. Annually APC notifies departments and programs of the schedule for
submission of proposed Catalog changes for the following year. Generally the proposed
changes must be received by APC by the end of Fall semester. The Assistant VC for
Enrollment Services coordinates the annual Catalog revision and production.

The University Catalog contains the official statement of graduation requirements
applicable to the year of issuance. Consequently, the Catalog current for the year entered
as a degree-seeking student contains the general education requirements applicable to the
student regardless of date of graduation. Requirements for the major are those current at
the time the student is accepted into the major.

Contact the Registrar's Office, the Office of Enrollment Services or the Office of
Academic Affairs if you have questions about the content of the Catalog. The
Catalog is available online at http://www.unca.edu/catalog/.